ASF hosted the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) for our fourth Project Odyssey in May. This group included about a dozen male warriors from across the country, Vet Center therapists, and WWP staff. Project Odyssey is a program for warriors recovering from traumatic brain injuries and combat stress. It includes week-long outdoor activity, group interaction and […]
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ASF Launches Warriors in Motion
In partnership with the Wounded Warrior Project, ASF has designed a comprehensive health and wellness program to support our wounded troops. The program includes a series of experiential workshops and events that are intended to both introduce new participants to the world of adaptive outdoor sports and to provide returning participants the opportunity to enhance […]
Continue reading "ASF Launches Warriors in Motion" →ASF publishes the Quick Check Pocket Guide: Managing Behavior for Success on the Slopes
The Quick Check Pocket Guide: Managing Behavior for Success on the Slopes is a new resource for parents and instructors of children with cognitive disabilities who are learning to ski or snowboard. The guide was written and published by the Adaptive Sports Foundation and is now available at the Adaptive Sports Center or you can […]
Continue reading "ASF publishes the Quick Check Pocket Guide: Managing Behavior for Success on the Slopes" →ASF ends the season with the Ralph Hartman Tribute Race
70 racers and over 160 volunteers made the Hartman Race a spectacular, fun and celebratory final event for the 2010-11 ASF winter season. The fun race was set up on the lower half of Windham Mountain’s trail, Whiteway. Competitors ranged from mono-skiers, bi-skiers, and 4 trackers to snowboarders and skiers with cognitive disabilities. A great […]
Continue reading "ASF ends the season with the Ralph Hartman Tribute Race" →Thank you to the Gray Family
The 2011 Michael Gray Memorial Race was held at Windham Mountain on March 5, in honor of Michael J. Gray, Jr., a snowboard instructor with the Ski Windham Snow Sports School, who was tragically killed in a car accident. Once again the Gray family worked hard to put on a fabulous race, held on the […]
Continue reading "Thank you to the Gray Family" →Wounded Warrior Stephen Valyou finds the thrill of mono-skiing
Stephen Valyou, Explosive Ordinance Disposal, Retired Army, is used to adrenaline. It’s no surprise he’s taken to mono-skiing. “I like the adrenaline rush. I was an EOD tech. Nothing is going to equal the rush of walking towards an IED and seeing if its going to explode,” said Stephen. “I like being outside. I like […]
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Submitted by Meghan Hopkins, ASF Race Team Member On Saturday March 5, 2011, I went to the New York State Special Olympics for the first time. It was awesome. I had so much fun with all of the other team members. While we were waiting to start the race I met some new skiers and […]
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Submitted by ASF Race Team Coach Mary Bozzone On March 5, 2011, 13 athletes, six coaches, 20 parents and family members, plus our favorite two West Mountain coaches, Ray and Mary, headed to West Mountain for the Special Olympics Regional Games. Everyone had a wonderful time seeing old friends and competing against one another. This […]
Continue reading "ASF invades West Mountain" →Teens with cancer have fun skiing, snowboarding, tubing, and riding snowcats and snowmobiles at Hunter Mountain
On February 9th and 10th, 14 teens who have cancer and are currently in treatment at Tomorrow’s Children Institute in Hackensack, N.J., enjoyed two days of fun at Hunter Mountain. 15 ASF volunteer instructors and a few Hunter snowboard instructors took them skiing and snowboarding on the first afternoon. Later in the day everybody went […]
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“This is the one sport we can do as a family,” said Suzette Josif. Suzette and Marvin and their children, Melanie, age 10; Eli, age 8; and Sydney, age 4; ski at Windham just about every weekend all season long. This is Melanie’s third season skiing with the Adaptive Sports Foundation. Melanie, a child on […]
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